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# Biblical Aramaic dictionary

698 words: the words of the Aramaic chapters of the Bible (Daniel 2:4b–7:28, Ezra 4:8–6:18 and 7:12–26, Jeremiah 10:11, two words of Genesis 31:47), each with how often it is used, its meanings in the OpenScriptures lexical index, Brown–Driver–Briggs (1906) and Jastrow (1903), MACULA's English glosses, the verses it stands in, word for word and in JPS 1917, and Targum Onkelos where the word is among its commonest.

1141 verses quoted; every verse links to its page in Mova's corpora, with its dependency tree.

## The alphabet

[א](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/alef/) · [ב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/bet/) · [ג](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/gimel/) · [ד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/dalet/) · [ה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/he/) · [ו](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/vav/) · [ז](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/zayin/) · [ח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/het/) · [ט](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/tet/) · [י](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/yod/) · [כ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/kaf/) · [ל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/lamed/) · [מ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/mem/) · [נ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/nun/) · [ס](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/samekh/) · [ע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ayin/) · [פ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/pe/) · [צ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/tsadi/) · [ק](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/qof/) · [ר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/resh/) · [ש](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/shin/) · [ת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/tav/)

## The 100 commonest words

- [א](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/א/) — used 799 times — Aleph
- [וְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ו/) — used 731 times — and
- [הוּא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/הוא/) — used 579 times — he
- [לְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ל/) — used 378 times — to
- [דִּי](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/די/) — used 345 times — who
- [בְּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ב/) — used 226 times — prep. in, with, through
- [מֶלֶךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מלך/) — used 180 times — king
- [מִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מן/) — used 121 times — from
- [עַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/על/) — used 104 times — upon
- [אֱלָהּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אלה/) — used 95 times — god
- [כֹּל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/כל/) — used 82 times — the whole
- [לָא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/לא/) — used 82 times — not
- [אֲמַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אמר/) — used 71 times — say
- [הוה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/הוה/) — used 71 times — come to pass
- [כְּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/כ/) — used 63 times — like
- [דְּנָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דנה/) — used 58 times — this
- [ה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ה/) — used 58 times — interrogative particle
- [אֱדַיִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אדין/) — used 57 times — then
- [מַלְכוּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מלכו/) — used 57 times — royalty
- [דָּנִיֵּאל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דניאל/) — used 52 times — Daniel
- [יְדַע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ידע/) — used 47 times — know
- [בַּיִת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בית/) — used 44 times — house
- [קֳדָם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/קדם/) — used 42 times — before
- [שָׁמַיִן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שמין/) — used 38 times — heavens
- [עֲבַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עבד/) — used 35 times — make
- [עַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עד/) — used 35 times — even to
- [קוּם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/קום/) — used 35 times — arise
- [טְעֵם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/טעם/) — used 33 times — taste
- [פְּשַׁר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/פשר/) — used 33 times — interpretation
- [חֲזָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חזה/) — used 31 times — see
- [נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/נבוכדנצר/) — used 31 times — Nebuchadnezzar
- [עֲנָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ענה/) — used 30 times — answer
- [קֳבֵל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/קבל/) — used 29 times — front
- [יְהַב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/יהב/) — used 28 times — give
- [בַּר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בר/) — used 27 times — son
- [יְרוּשְׁלֵם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ירושלם/) — used 26 times — Jerusalem
- [עֲבֵד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עבד-2/) — used 26 times — slave
- [שׂים](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שים/) — used 26 times — set
- [אֱנָשׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אנש/) — used 25 times — man
- [בָּבֶל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בבל/) — used 25 times — Babylon
- [מִלָּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מלה/) — used 24 times — word
- [דְּהַב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דהב/) — used 23 times — gold
- [רַב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/רב/) — used 23 times — great
- [בְּנָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בנה/) — used 22 times — build
- [חֵלֶם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חלם/) — used 22 times — dream
- [עִם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עם/) — used 22 times — with
- [אֲרַע](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ארע/) — used 21 times — earth
- [גְּבַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/גבר/) — used 21 times — man
- [שׁנה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שנה/) — used 21 times — sleep
- [חֵיוָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חיוה/) — used 20 times — declare
- [עָלַם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עלם/) — used 20 times — perpetuity
- [פַּרְזֶל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/פרזל/) — used 20 times — iron
- [שְׁכַח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שכח/) — used 18 times — find
- [אִיתַי](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/איתי/) — used 17 times — there is
- [יַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/יד/) — used 17 times — hand
- [נוּר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/נור/) — used 17 times — fire
- [צְלֵם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/צלם/) — used 17 times — image
- [אֲנָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אנה/) — used 16 times — I
- [אֲתָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אתה/) — used 16 times — come
- [אַנְתָּה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אנתה/) — used 16 times — thou
- [הֵן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/הן/) — used 16 times — if
- [יוֹם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/יום/) — used 16 times — day
- [דָּרְיָוֶשׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דריוש/) — used 15 times — Darius
- [נְהַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/נהר/) — used 15 times — river
- [עַם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עם-2/) — used 15 times — people
- [אִלֵּךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אלך/) — used 14 times — these
- [דָּת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דת/) — used 14 times — decree
- [חֲוָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חוה/) — used 14 times — declare
- [חַד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חד/) — used 14 times — one
- [חַכִּים](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חכים/) — used 14 times — wise man
- [מֵישַׁךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מישך/) — used 14 times — Meshak
- [מָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מה/) — used 14 times — what?
- [עֲבַר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עבר/) — used 14 times — region across
- [עֲלַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עלל/) — used 14 times — go in
- [קֶרֶן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/קרן/) — used 14 times — horn
- [רֵאשׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/ראש/) — used 14 times — head
- [שְׁלַח](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שלח/) — used 14 times — send
- [שַׁדְרַךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שדרך/) — used 14 times — Shadrach
- [שׇׁלְטָן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שלטן/) — used 14 times — dominion
- [גֹּוא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/גוא/) — used 13 times — midst
- [דֵּךְ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/דך/) — used 13 times — this
- [הֵיכַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/היכל/) — used 13 times — palace
- [כְּסַף](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/כסף/) — used 13 times — silver
- [כְּעַן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/כען/) — used 13 times — now
- [עִדָּן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/עדן/) — used 13 times — time
- [קַדִּישׁ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/קדיש/) — used 13 times — holy
- [שַׂגִּיא](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שגיא/) — used 13 times — great
- [בעה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בעה/) — used 12 times — ask
- [זְמַן](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/זמן/) — used 12 times — time
- [חֱזוּ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/חזו/) — used 12 times — vision
- [יְכִל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/יכל/) — used 12 times — be able
- [כְּתָב](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/כתב/) — used 12 times — writing
- [סְגִד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/סגד/) — used 12 times — do homage
- [רמה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/רמה/) — used 12 times — cast
- [שְׁאָר](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שאר/) — used 12 times — rest
- [שֻׁם](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/שם/) — used 12 times — name
- [תְּלָת](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/תלת/) — used 12 times — three
- [בְּהַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/בהל/) — used 11 times — alarm
- [מְדִינָה](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/מדינה/) — used 11 times — district
- [נְפַל](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/נפל/) — used 11 times — fall

## Where the words come from

The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

The same words on Mova free, with the whole entries and the trees of their meanings: [the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/).